Have Some Fun With The Oscar Quiz!

The 84th Annual Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, February 26th. How much do you know about Hollywood’s biggest night?

1. This year’s Oscar nomination king is up for 11 awards. Name the film: War Horse, Hugo or The Descendants?

2. Which of these titles is correct for the Best Picture nominee: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Incredibly Close & Extremely Loud or Extremely Close & Incredibly Loud?

3. True or false: Billy Crystal has hosted the Oscars more times than anyone else?

4. Which one of these Best Picture nominees run longer than two hours: Moneyball, Midnight in Paris or The Artist?

5. Which Major League Baseball team is at the center of Moneyball?

6. This year, the number of nominations in the Best Picture category: increased by one or decreased by one?

7. Which actress found out she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress while sitting in the front row at Paris Fashion Week: Jessica Chastain from The Help, Berenice Bejo from The Artist or Melissa McCarthy from Bridesmaids?

9. True or false: The Artist is the first silent film ever to be nominated for Best Picture?

10. In the last 20 years, which Oscar host had the highest viewership: Billy Crystal, David Letterman or Jon Stewart?

11. George Clooney is a double nominee this year. Name the two films he is nominated for?

12. 2011 was a breakout year for Jessica Chastain. In addition to her Oscar nominated performance in The Help, she also appeared in which other Best Picture nominee: The Artist, The Descendants or Tree of Life?

The 84th Annual Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, February 26th. How much do you know about Hollywood’s biggest night?

1. This year’s Oscar nomination king is up for 11 awards. Name the film: War Horse, Hugo or The Descendants?(ANSWER: Hugo)

2. Which of these titles is correct for the Best Picture nominee: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Incredibly Close & Extremely Loud or Extremely Close & Incredibly Loud?(ANSWER: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

3. True or false: Billy Crystal has hosted the Oscars more times than anyone else?(ANSWER: False, Bob Hope hosted the ceremony 18 times. Sunday will be Billy Crystal’s 9th time hosting.)

4. Which one of these Best Picture nominees run longer than two hours: Moneyball, Midnight in Paris or The Artist?(ANSWER: Moneyball)

5. Which Major League Baseball team is at the center of Moneyball?(ANSWER: Oakland A’s)

6. This year, the number of nominations in the Best Picture category: increased by one or decreased by one?(ANSWER: Decreased by one)

7. Which actress found out she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress while sitting in the front row at Paris Fashion Week: Jessica Chastain from The Help, Berenice Bejo from The Artist or Melissa McCarthy from Bridesmaids?(ANSWER: Jessica Chastain)

8. Who was the youngest Oscar host ever: Goldie Hawn, Macaulay Culkin or Anne Hathaway?(ANSWER: Anne Hathaway, who was 28 at the time)

9. True or false: The Artist is the first silent film ever to be nominated for Best Picture?(ANSWER: False. However, it is the first silent film to be nominated for Best Picture since The Patriot in 1928.)

10. In the last 20 years, which Oscar host had the highest viewership: Billy Crystal, David Letterman or Jon Stewart?(ANSWER: David Letterman, who drew 48.3 million viewers in 1995)

11. George Clooney is a double nominee this year. Name the two films he is nominated for?(ANSWER: The Descendants and Ides of March)

12. 2011 was a breakout year for Jessica Chastain. In addition to her Oscar nominated performance in The Help, she also appeared in which other Best Picture nominee: The Artist, The Descendants or Tree of Life?(ANSWER: Tree of Life)